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This is an office cabinet that sits on the floor. I made it with oak boards from the home center. It is a sort of mission style. It would also make a nice sturdy tool cabinet that could be hung on the wall.
I made it with hand tools and traditional joinery. I have a need for the cabinet in my home, but I also wanted to become more proficient at the joinery. I used standard dovetails on the main case, tapered sliding dovetails on the fixed shelf, full blind and mitered dovetails on the base and lap dovetails on the back of the base. I used mortise and tenons on the back and front frames. The back panel is made with tongue and groove pine boards as secondary wood. The top has mortise and tenon clamp joints with a mitered end on the front.
I am particularly proud of the door construction with traditional mortise and tenons and raised panels. The raised panels were interesting to make with the Stanley 45 and bench planes.
You can read about it and see the pictures of the process here.
Thanks for looking.
I made it with hand tools and traditional joinery. I have a need for the cabinet in my home, but I also wanted to become more proficient at the joinery. I used standard dovetails on the main case, tapered sliding dovetails on the fixed shelf, full blind and mitered dovetails on the base and lap dovetails on the back of the base. I used mortise and tenons on the back and front frames. The back panel is made with tongue and groove pine boards as secondary wood. The top has mortise and tenon clamp joints with a mitered end on the front.
I am particularly proud of the door construction with traditional mortise and tenons and raised panels. The raised panels were interesting to make with the Stanley 45 and bench planes.
You can read about it and see the pictures of the process here.
Thanks for looking.